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Correlations of water iodine concentration to earlier goitre frequency in Sweden—an iodine sufficient country with long-term iodination of table salt

BACKGROUND: Before iodination of Swedish table salt in 1936, iodine deficiency resulting in goitre and hypothyroidism was common. Sweden has become iodine sufficient, as shown in a national survey in 2007, proving its iodination fortification programme effective for the general population. The objec...

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Autores principales: Manousou, Sofia, Stål, Maja, Eggertsen, Robert, Hoppe, Michael, Hulthén, Lena, Filipsson Nyström, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6898976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31810448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12199-019-0821-9